Golf-bag.



. I. SIMPSON.

GOLF BAG. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. Is. 1915.

Patented JulyQ, 1918.

INVENTOR I WITNESSES ATTORNEYS" UMTED STATES PATENT @FFKGE.

EDWIN I. SIMPSON, F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GOLF-BAG.

Application filed September 18, 1915.

To all whom it may concern: v

*Be it known that I, EDWIN I. SIMPSON, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Golf-Bag, of which the following is.

A a specification.

In the game of golf as generally played, the player usually carries in his golf bag a set of wooden clubs, as a driver, brassy and spoon, together with a set of irons comprising usually a cleik, midiron, mashy,

putter and niblick, said iron clubs being of "less length than the wooden clubs, and in some instances the longer iron clubs, as the cleik or the midiron, are of about such length that they are liable to contact with the shafts -The object of my inve'ntionpis to provide a novel and simple -device, ln'cl can be either readily applied to golfbags during their manufacture or can be applied to existing golfbags nowin use, whereby the shafts of the'shorter, heavier or iron clubs are segregated from the shafts of thelonger or wooden clubs, so that thelatter are prevented from being injured by coming in contact with the shorter and heavier ironheaded clubs.

In carrying out my invention, locate one or more partitions at or near thetop of the golf bag, which partitions may be made of metal either covered or uncovered, or of leather, textile or other material, said partition being made either permanently a part of the bag, or said partition and its adwncts may be made separate from and attzfizhed to the bag, so that it can be placal in position or replaced at will, whereby a player having an old bag of any standard or conventional type, can readily equip the same with my invention. L I

My novel construction of partition may be secured in position at or near the top or open end of the bag by means of spring clips, eyelets, rivets, snap fasteners, stitching, lacing or other fastening devices, as will be Specific tion of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, 191$. Serial in). 51,349.

evident to those skilled in the art, and I preferably locate said partition so that the same will extend at an angle to the vertical plane of the handle, strap or other carrying device attached to the bag, so that the heavier iron clubs will automatically drop by gravity into the desired position and will thus be segregated from the wooden clubs.

To the above ends, my invention consists of a novel construction of golf bag. as will be hereinafter fully set forth.

Figure 1 represents a top plan view of the golf bag embodying my invention showing the partitioning device thereon.

Fig. 2 represents a longitudinal sectional view of a golf bag having my invention applied thereto and showing in elevation one wooden and two iron clubs therein.

Fig. 3 represents a plan View of an integral or' one-piece ring which may be employed in carrying out my invention, show ing a preferred form of construction which may be permanently placed in the golf bag when initially built.

Fig. 4 represents a transverse, sectional view showing the partitioning device as being composed of leather, canvas, or other textile. material, and stitched or riveted to the inner-walls of the bag.

' Fig. 5 represents a vertical, sectional view of the top of a golf bag showing the parti tioning device as comprising a pair of oppositely located spring clips detachable from the top of the bag and having a partition extending between them.

Fig. 6 represents a plan view of another enibodiinentof mydevice which may be detachably applied to bags already constructed, the partition and spring clips carried thereby being preferably made of one piece of metal or similar material.

Fig. 7 represents a side elevation of the detachable partitioning device seen in Fig. 6"in detached position.

Fig. 8 represents a plan view ofanother embodiment of my invention, wherein the spring clips are joined by a strip of leather, canvas, textile or other material.

Fig. 9 represents a side elevation of the device seen in Fig. 8 in detached position.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.

Referring to the.drawings:

1 designates a golf bag, the same having the closed bottom 2,-the sides 3 and the top or open end portion 1, the latter being provided with all-shaped reinforcing outer annular member 5, whose construction in plan view .will be evident'from Fig.1, said member 5'-being provided with the partition 6,

which is secured in position to the member or. annulus 5 by stitching, lacing or otherwise, saidannular member 5 being stitched or otherwise secured in-position, as at 7.

8 designates the shaft of a wooden club, as a driver 'or brassy,-havin the-head 10,

' and 9'designates the head'o faniron club,

as a cleik, mashy' or driving iron.

It will be apparent that when .all thewooden and iron clubs are placed in an or-' dinary golf bag, the iron heads '9 of the heavier oriron clubs will be likely to contact with and rub or knock against the shafts 8 of the wooden clubs at or near the point 1 where said shafts are weakest or at about their junction with the Wooden heads 10, but

. in my invention as seen in Fig.- 2, by the employment of the partition 6 or its equivalent, the iron and wooden clubs are kept separated, as will be apparent, it being preferable that the partition 6 be located diametrically at or near the topv of the bagat an angle to'the vertical line of the handle 11 or strap 12 or other carrying device, so that the positions assumed by the ironand wooden clubs will be substantially-as seen in Fig. 2, theiron clubs falling automatically by gravity against the lower wall of the bag, whereby the endsof the Wooden clubs are eifectively segregated-from the heads of the iron clubs, and t e latter arev efiectively revented from rubbing against or abra ing the shafts of the wooden clubsl In the device seen in Figs. 1 and 2, I

have shown the separating partition 6 in its simplest embodiment, the same being a strip of leather, canvas or other material, or I may employ metal incased with leather,

canvas, or other material, and the partition- 1ng device may be secured to the, wall 3 of the bag by stitching, lacing, riveting or any other suitable means.) I

In the construction seen in Fig. 4, the partitioning member .61 suitably secured to the inner wall3 of the bag by any desired means, this construction as well as that seen tion seen in Fig.3, to place the ring 13 inv in Figs. .1 and 2 being adapted to bags already in use of any. standard or conventional type.

In'the construction seen in Fig. 3,-1 have shown in plan view a .ring 13 comprising the annular body portion 14', having the inte-,

gral transverse metal portion 15, said ring takingthe place of the plain ring 16 seen in Fig. 2, it being my object in the construethe mouth of the golfbag when the same is ori inally manufactured, whereby a ready an convenient partitioning device isp-rovided and the mouth of the bag is further reinforced by means of the integral, transverse, metallic partitioning member 15. I

In the construction seenin Fig. 5 I employ two oppositely located spring or clip members 24, the same consisting of downwardly or inwardly projecting portions 17 i I employ a pair of; spring clip members 20 Which are adapted to slip over and pinch the outer edge of a bag of the ordinary construction, said clip members 20 being joined by a transverse, metallic, integral partitioning member 21, whose function is thesame as the partitioning members 6, 15 and 19, alread described.

In t e construction seen in Figs. 8 and 9,

I employ a pair of spring clip members 22,- which' are adapted to be slipped over the edge of any golf bag of the conventional type, said clip members 22 being joined'by the partitioning member 23, which may be of canvas, cloth, leather or other suitable material. In all the embodiments of my invention, it will be apparent that the partitioning member in every instance, as 6, 15, 17 21 or" I 23, has the function of providing a small chamber at or near the mouth of thebag within which the two or three woodengolf clubs of the player may .be inserted, the I space below or-ontheopposite sideof said partitioning member being reserved for the iron clubs, and said partitioning member in each instance is preferably located with respect*to the handle member 11 and the strap 12, substantially as indicated in Fig. "2,

'- transversely to the vertical line of the'earrying device,so that when the golf bag'is in use and the clubs placed therein, the iron clubs will 'automaticall by gravity segre gate themselves from t e .wooden clubs, as

- seen in Fig. 2, so that there will-beno liability of the shafts of saidfwoo'den clubs becoming knocked, damaged or.,'ab'raded at their weakest points by the contact ofthe .heads of the iron clubs therewith. r

It will be apparent that the device'seen' in Fig. 3 is preferably best adapted 'to be built into the mouth of the bag when the bag is initially manufactured, in lieu of the ordinary ring 16, while the devices seen in the'other figures are adapted to be attached to any standard or conventional golf bag now in use.

he devices 'seen in Figs. 5, .7 and'9 are deta hably secured to the. mouth of the bag and can be slippedover the same a fewseconds time, the spring clip members 20 and 22 being shaped to conform to the curvature of the m'outh of the bag.

It will be understood that While the construction seen in Figs. 1 and 2 is preferably constructed of cloth, leather or the like, and while the construction seen in Figs. 3, 5,'6 and 7 is preferably of metal, I do not desire to be limited thereto in every instance, as other materials may obviously be employed.

In the construction seen in Figs. 8 and 9, I preferably make the members 22 either as spring clip members, as heretofore described or said members 22 may be made of a short distance down the sides of the bag 3, as indicated at 24*, and the outer of said members may be provided with, a stud 25, which passes through the material of which the bag 3 is composed, and is provided with a head adapted to coact with a ball and socket, glove fastening device, or the like, as indicated at 26.

In the construction seen in Figs. 8 and 9 it will be apparent, therefore, that the parts 22 may be either somewhat rigid or of stifiened material, or they may be made of flexible material, as leather, fabric or the like, and provided with the glove fasteners described, whereby they are retained in position at the top of the bag.

It will now be apparent that I have de vised a novel and useful construction of a golf bag which embodies the features of ad vantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of the invention and the abovedescription, and while I have, in the present instance shown and described a preferred embodiment thereof whichswill give in practice satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of modificationin various particulars Without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Let: ters Patent, is

. A detachable partitioning device for a .golf bag, comprising a pair of oppositely located spring clips adapted to engage the, top edge of a golf bag and. a partition extending transversely between said clips for the purpose of segregating the iron. and wooden clubs.

EDWIN I. SIMPSON. Witnesses: v

" E. HAYWARD FAIRBANKS,

C. D. MCVAY. 

